Knowing the future?!

Risu no Kairu · March 09, 2003, 18:55:29

Go for the lottery!

Squeek · March 10, 2003, 13:00:25

LOL [

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Like i sed. It works for TV stuff. It really doesn't work for anything else at all. Like, an example, this game Mario Party 4. There is this game similar to musical chairs.

There are 5 plungers. One is a bomb. The day this happened on, I was last in line, and 3 other friends were in front. I had the advantage, or so I thought. I called out a color (purple, green, red, white, yellow) and told nobody to pick it. The odds slowly increased from 1 in 5, 1 in 4, 1 in 3, then it was my turn. Go with my prediction, or switch at the last second?

I went for it. I was right. 37 times straight. [8D]

It may have gone longer, but one of my friends defied me! He went for my prediciton and blew up. I didn't say any predictions after that (number 15). Instead, I wrote them down in pen, folded it, threw it in the middle, then after the "match", they looked at in in amazement.

But, to sum it up, I can't pick lotto numbers.

kakkarot · March 10, 2003, 14:32:08

you think that's bad, recently i've taken up reading fiction again and i've been able to predict most major plot devices long before they occur, sometimes a few chapters before they occur. its really annoying. but it also builds up more expectancy as i'm reading, waiting to see if i really am right and if it really will happen. so i have fun with it, even if it does give away the plot.

~kakkarot

Fat_Turkey · March 11, 2003, 01:15:27

Wowie I wish I had that talent. And over here the lottery IS a TV thing so I could win!!

Lucky punk...

-FT

panabelle · March 11, 2003, 17:03:50

Yeah, you could do that Keno that when they play out the numbers it's on a TV where the ball gets thrown onto the number. Just a thought...gimme some of the money if you win 37 times straight with it...[

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I know what you mean. I could swear that I have psychic control over my boombox and Discman. I'll put it on random because the same old order gets boring and I'll think as one song is ending "Mr. Blue Sky is gonna be on next." Next thing I hear: (radio static) "Today's forecast calls for blue skies..." When I'm actually THINKING about it, it doesn't work as well though.

quant · March 11, 2003, 17:52:06

Hahaha, talking about the Simpsons, this was a cool episode i had.
I was waiting for it to start, and just before it did i thought to myself "Shall i mute the beginning so that no one else can hear it and come and talk to me" or something like that. I decided not to, but i had physically visualised doing it, actually pressing the mute button, then when the simpsons came on, amazingly, when the music came on around, there was absolutly no sound, and i actually picked up the remote and pressed the mute button to make sure i hadn't actually mutted it, and it turned out it wasn't mutted, but had been broadcasted without sound, and the sound came back on when it actually started (at the end of the theme)... So, looks like i don't even have to move to do things to the tv broadcast.

hahaha, what do you guys reakon?

kakkarot · March 11, 2003, 19:13:30

well, quant, try changing the channel when your little sister is watching something you don't want to watch. [}:)] [

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that would be fun.

i'm thinking of trying to use my "abilities" to pick one of those silly little gambling cards that are sold at seven elevens. i've tried it before but didn't get anything except like $2 on a couple. but the next time i do try, i'll be sure to take my time and divine it as best i can, cause the time i did try it i just quickly picked them.

~kakkarot

Squeek · March 12, 2003, 12:53:35

Ok. My turn

quote:
By quant:
then when the simpsons came on, amazingly, when the music came on around, there was absolutly no sound

I have noticed that around here as well. Maybe Fox just doesn't want us to hear it? Sorry to put a damper on your day [

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quote:
By panabelle:
I know what you mean. I could swear that I have psychic control over my boombox and Discman

You know, I get this sometimes on the radio. Like one day, I was just about to drive home, and I was thinking about my favorite song at the time - "Seether - Fine Again" As soon as I started the car, it began to play! It happened again just yesterday when I wanted to hear "Linkin Park - Somewhere I Belong". Man I love that song. Whoo.

I have noticed, however, that the randomness that is on computers is completely different. Some days, I can win this cool double or nothing heads or tails thing at video poker. I made it from a $15 win to a 1000+ win. Fake money :/

O well.

Squeek

panabelle · March 12, 2003, 18:09:51

Aw man. I just fooled around with my Discman and I realized that it only works if I'm unconsciously thinking of the song or if it applies to what I'm doing at the time. [|)] No control whatsoever. Still, better than nothing. [

] It just does whatever it wants if I stare at it and think You will play number 16. You will play number 16. I swear it defies me by purposely playing any song as far as possible from what I want it to. I eventually get frustrated, switch it out of random, put it on the song I want, and scream "TAKE THAT STUPID CD PLAYER!!!" <deep healing breath>

Don't worry, I'm not on drugs or anything, for those of you who are wondering why this is more like a Squeek post (no offense) and less like a panabelle post. I realized today that I think I have mild Multiple Personality Disorder. Certainly explains a lot.[

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BACK ON TOPIC NOW - It's weird, but sometimes I get the feeling that my Discman/boombox is alive and picking out songs for me. Sounds stupid but it's true. Like the other day I really needed to hear a certain type of song (but was too lazy to actually press the button) and it played all those songs I wanted for me. Freaky.

Squeek · March 19, 2003, 05:54:09

LOL. It happened again.

Last night, as I was on my way to basketball practice, I was thinking of which Simpsons episode I was gonna miss. Somehow, I formulated this hysterical scene where Homer is trying to build an outdoor grill station. He accidentally spills everything into the drying cement (this is where it gets good) including the instructions.

"Oh, English side ruined! Must use French instructions! LE GRILLE?! What the heck is that?!"

Anyways. That exact scene was on TWICE last night. 2 times. The actual episode was on at 6, and a clip show was on at 6:30 with that scene included. Coincidence? Doubftul.

quant · March 19, 2003, 06:15:02

Hahaha! I love that episode!

"Mmmmm - Hippo..."

panabelle · March 19, 2003, 12:21:12

I think there's a spirit haunting my CD player.

If I am passively thinking of a song or really dwelling on it subconsciously, it plays it without fail.

If, however, I try to command it to play a song (this is all on random) it will deliberately play that song last. I've been using my CD player, like, 24/7 lately and this rule applies almost every time. Creepy...[|)]

kakkarot · March 19, 2003, 16:12:51

"If I am passively thinking of a song or really dwelling on it subconsciously, it plays it without fail.

If, however, I try to command it to play a song (this is all on random) it will deliberately play that song last. I've been using my CD player, like, 24/7 lately and this rule applies almost every time."

panabelle, this seems to be more indicative of a passive ability to see something specific in the future a short ways, but it also seems that you have no control over it. ie, you can predict the future, but you can't change it until you get there. so don't get frustrated, instead learn to listen to more future possibilities.

~kakkarot

goingslow · March 19, 2003, 17:27:47

Sometimes im watching the simpsons and i get up to get a snack and i start talking on the phone. And when i come back the simpsons are over.

panabelle · March 22, 2003, 17:13:01

What does that have to do with anything?

Kakkarot: Yeah, this has crossed my mind too. Still doesn't explain why my CD player likes to spite me by playing the song I want to hear last. [|)]

kakkarot · March 22, 2003, 19:57:25

well, maybe you should be nicer to your cd player then eh? [|)][

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that's a good question though. and i don't have an answer [B)]. sorry. maybe someone else can help, though. [

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~kakkarot

panabelle · March 24, 2003, 16:23:34

Nah, it's probably just me trying to make myself special. I'm still not going to let it know I'm on to it though...[|)]

Squeek · March 24, 2003, 17:01:22

Sometimes I get this with Windows Media Player. I have 400 songs on it, so it's very difficult to get the random one correct.

Whee. Meaningless!

!Squeek

panabelle · March 25, 2003, 17:25:53

Meaninglessness is fun![|)]

Wow. I only have twenty six songs on my CD... [

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Squeek · March 26, 2003, 12:47:33

Heh, buy an Mp3 cd Player. They play Data CD's, so you can store them as MP3's instead of space-consuming wavs.

Also, Linkin Park rocks. Buy their new album, pronto. Buy the cool version; it includes a DVD. Uber-coolness!!!

Way off topic...just want to up my post count

Squeek · April 06, 2003, 13:11:19

It happened again. Just FYI.

In Physics I started to sing the Guys and Dolls theme from the Simpsons. i have no idea why. Come 6:30, the Luke Skywalker Guys and Dolls episode is on. I fell out of my chair. Twice.

then i fell out again.

and again.

then i fixed the chair and never had a problem with it again.

panabelle · April 14, 2003, 15:12:19

Yeah, I had it just yesterday too. Can't remember what I was doing at the time, though.

HAH! I'M ONLY A COUPLE POSTS AWAY FROM PAGE 2 SQUEEK AND THEN IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME!!!! (deep healing breath) (evil cackle)

Squeek · April 14, 2003, 17:06:53

Wow. It is happening so much more often now. Today, while i was home alone doing pretty much nothing at all, i suddenly had some quotes pop into my head. The first was from a Halloween special about a speaking dolphin (Its the simpsons >,<) and another was "Don't you have school?" then Bart-> "don't you have work?"

So yea..Again...crazy.

~Squeek

panabelle · April 17, 2003, 15:56:08

"Ok, I'm officially freaked out now." It always does it. Here's the really weird part: If I ask it nicely, it'll play the song I want. But if I try to force it, it DELIBERATELY plays it last. Every time. Without fail. Creepy...

Even if I don't ask it, it seems to sense my mood and play a song I need to hear.

Squeek · April 17, 2003, 22:59:22

How can you tell it is "Last". With random on, do you start at a song, then go through the number of somgs on the cd and the (if there are 15 tracks) 15th one is the song you wanted to play, do you log it like that?

Or is it that you go randomly through the cd until it plays the song you want and you stop skipping tracks because you found it so it is the last one?

Random features on cd players do not work like "Here's 15 tracks. Once track 10 plays, it's off the list." Track 10 can play before your song plays if it wanted to.

I want to hear your method for collecting data. Don't take this as a rude comment. I just wanna know.

~Squeek

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